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GIFT  OF 


HATCHING  CHICKENS 

FOR  THE  HAWKS 


EV.  T,   E,   BEEBE 


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Hatching  Chickens 
for  the  Hawks 


BY 


REV.  T.  E.  BEEBE 


Published  by 

T.    K.    BEEBE 

Long  Beach,    California 


1920 


Copyright   1920   by  Rev.  T.  K.  Beebe 


INDEX 


Chapter  Title  Page 

CHAPTER  I 
Hatching  Chicken  for  the  Hawks  9 

CHAPTER  II 

The   Church   Adrift          -          -          -          -          -          13 


CHAPTER  III 
The  "Social"  Craze  18 

CHAPTER  IV 
The  "Mother  Ship"  26 

CHAPTER  V 
A   Holiness   Fighting   Ministry  32 

CHAPTER  VI 
Secret  Societies  87 

CHAPTER  VII 
Unitarianized  Schools  40 

CHAPTER  VIII 
Infidel    Literature  46 

CHAPTER  IX 
An  Unprofitable  Business  51 

CHAPTER  X 
Brooder  or  Refrigerator?  56 


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POEMS 


Title  Page 

The   Hawk's    Nest  12 

Adrift  on  the  Tide  17 

The    Living    Dead  25 

Mother  Is  Dead  !  30 

Sanctification  36 

The  Lodge  38 

The  Hawk's  Roost  44 

Chaff  or  Wheat?  50 

The  Apostasy  ">  1- 

The  Hen-House  Latched  60 

(Poems  in  this  book  written  by  F.   M.  Lehman). 


INTRODUCTION 

The  Bible  is  a  perfect  Book.  Its  prophecies  are 
plain  and  pointed.  They  are  being  fulfilled  before 
our  very  eyes.  Take  the  Bible  in  one  hand  and  the 
newspapers  in  the  other,  and  one  can  see  at  a  glance 
the  prophecies  and  their  fulfillment.  We  read  of 
"perilous  times,"  "falling  away,"  "the  love  of  many 
shall  wax  cold,"  "evil  men  and  seducers  shall  wax 
worse  and  worse,"  "lovers  of  pleasure  rather  than 
lovers  of  God,"  "having  a  form  of  godliness,  but  de- 
nying the  power  thereof,"  "now  the  Spirit  speaketh 
expressly,  that  in  the  latter  times  some  shall  depart 
from  the  faith,  giving  heed  to  seducing  spirits,  and 
doctrines  of  devils."  Here  is  the  prophetic  picture  of 
the  last  days;  look  around  and  behold  its  fulfillment. 
The  great  apostasy  is  not  coming,  it  has  already  ar- 
rived. The  perilous  times  are  not  now  in  the  future, 
they  are  already  upon  us.  The  pleasure-loving,  truth- 
forsaking,  back-sliding  conditions  are  not  at  the  door, 
they  have  entered  in  and  taken  possession.  It  is  not 
the  cry  of  the  pessimist,  when  we  speak  of  these 
things.  Give  us  time  and  we  are  optimists  out  and 
out;  but  at  present,  we  are,  in  the  language  of  Dr. 
Bresee,  realists.  Thank  God  for  the  anointing  eye- 
salve  of  Rev.  3:18,  which  makes  one  see  things  as  they 
really  are. 

Take  a  bird's  eye  view  of  our  Christendom,  and 
what  do  we  see  ?  We  see  empty  church  buildings  in 
every  direction.  The  doors  are  closed,  the  cobwebs 
are  strewn  about,  and  debris  has  taken  possession. 
Why  have  the  great  denominations  reported  a  falling 
off  in  membership,  even  of  the  kind  they  have  ?  We 
are  in  the  perilous  times  of  apostasy.  They  have 
turned  their  backs  on  the  old  Book,  fallen  in  line  with 
higher  criticism,  relegated  the  blood,  and  inspiration, 
and  miracles,  and  the  diety  of  Christ  outside  the  realm 


INTRODUCTION— (Continued) 

of  their  belief.  Now  it  becomes  easy  for  them  to  be- 
lieve a  lie  and  be  damned  according  to  II  Thes.  2:11, 
12. 

God  never  intended  newborn  babes  to  be  put  into 
refrigerators  to  be  nurtured.  The  question  may  be 
asked,  Are  not  refrigerators  good  for  something? 
They  certainly  are.  Put  dead  chickens  in  them  and 
they  will  be  preserved ;  put  live  ones  in  them  and  they 
will  die.  Who  has  not  entered  some  cold  storage 
plant  calling  itself  the  church  of  God,  and  at  once  dis- 
covered an  iceberg  in  the  pulpit,  icicles  in  the  pews, 
frost  on  the  eyelids,  and  at  once  felt  the  cold  chill  of 
religious  atmosphere  which  almost  made  the  teeth 
chatter?  Thank  God  that  all  places  of  worship  are 
not  thus.  Some  are  spiritually  qualified  to  bring  forth 
new  born  babes,  and  then  nurse  them  and  train  them 
for  God.  Long  years  ago  the  Holy  Ghost  revealed  to 
me,  rather  than  to  turn  the  products  of  a  revival  meet- 
ing over  to  the  devourers,  it  was  far  better  to  bottle 
our  own  wine  and  crib  our  own  corn. 

Rev.  T.  E.  Beebe  has  put  before  the  reading  public 
this  timely  book — "Hatching  Chickens  for  the  Hawks" 
and  in  terms  easily  understood.  He  shows 
present-day  conditions  and  dangers,  and  reasons  why 
we  should  conserve  our  own  products  in  church  work. 
This  book  should  have  a  wide  circulation  and  should 
be  read  with  an  unbiased  heart.  We  would  better 
know  the  whole  truth  and  know  the  worst  here  and 
now,  while  we  have  a  chance  to  make  good,  rather 
than  later  on,  when  it  will  be  too  late  to  rectify.  May 
the  Holy  Ghost,  the  Author  of  the  inspired  Word, 
send  home  to  every  heart  the  contents  of  this  volume 
and  make  it  an  eye-opener  to  the  sleeping,  carnal,  re- 
ligious world  at  large. 

W.  E.  SHEPARD. 


CHAPTER  I 
HATCHING  CHICKENS  FOR  THE  HAWKS 

The  above  title  was  suggested  to  me  by  an  aged 
brother  and  member  of  a  church  I  served  as  pastor  in 
a  certain  New  England  city.  It  was  his  answer  to  a 
lady  quite  prominent  in  social  affairs  with  whom  he 
was  conversing  about  the  spiritual  condition  of  a  very 
worldly  church  of  which  she  was  a  member  in  this 
same  city,  and  where  she  taught  a  class  of  boys  in  the 
Sunday  School. 

This  woman  often  attended  our  meetings  and 
seemed  to  enjoy  the  preaching  and  the  beautiful 
spirit  of  freedom  manifested  in  our  midst.  She  said 
she  would  like  to  unite  with  us,  but  could  not  do  so 
until  she  had  led  her  scholars  to  Christ  and  had  suc- 
ceeded in  getting  them  to  unite  with  the  church  of 
which  she  was  a  member.  It  was  at  this  point  of  the 
conversation  that  the  aged  brother  remarked:  "That 
soujids  good,  sister;  but  you  are  only  hatching  chickens 
for  the  hawks." 

Beloved,  these  words  contain  more  truth  than 
poetry.  To  succeed  in  bringing  souls  to  Christ  and 
then  to  unite  with  a  church  worldly  and  spiritually 
dead  is  dangerous,  and  radically  wrong.  When 
church-conditions  are  such  that  converts  uniting  with 
it  are  sure  to  backslide,  it  will  be  only  a  short  time  un- 


'    •        i!  .x-',UI  ;:%<'-.    i  I-ilCKENS    FOR   THE   HAWKS 

til  the  hawk  will  carry  off  the  poor  chicks  to  its  bone- 
littered  nest. 

Who  is  there  among  the  children  of  God  that  does 
not  feel  like  weeping  over  the  lamentable  condition 
of  the  nominal  church  of  our  day?  Be  it  far  from 
the  writer  to  mention  the  things  contained  in  this  book 
in  a  harsh,  criticising  spirit.  However,  the  truth  must 
hi  spoken — even  though  it  may  be  hard  for  some  to 
bear.  To  those  who  do  not  understand  the  facts  in 
the  case — in  order  that  they  may  be  enlightened — the 
truths  in  this  book  are  addressed. 

As  we  see  it  today,  nowhere  is  apostasy  more  notice- 
able than  in  Methodism.  We  make  this  statement 
with  a  sad  heart.  It  was  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  where  we  were  saved  and  sanctified  wholly, 
;uul  where  we  received  our  call  from  heaven  to  preach 
the  Gospel.  In  the  past  five  years  there  has  been  a 
great  change  in  this  denomination,  which  has  not  been 
for  the  better.  It  is  deplorable. 

How  well  do  we  remember  the  old-time  class  meet- 
ing where  the  glory  fell  on  the  people,  and  where 
shouts  of  victory  were  heard  from  those  whom  God 
blest !  How  the  new  converts,  assigned  to  different 
classes,  testified  with  shining  faces  that  God  had  kept 
them  during  the  week  just  passed!  Memory  recalls 
those  happy  days  with  keen  delight;  but  fact  says — 
No  more;  no  more! 

A  young  man  worked  by  my  side  where  I  was  em- 
ployed. I  tried  hard  to  induce  him  to  attend  class 
meeting  with  me,  but  for  a  long  time  he  refused.  He 
always  had  some  excuse  ready  why  he  could  not  go. 
Finally  my  mind  evolved  a  rather  curious  proposition, 
which  I  brought  him,  with  a  prayer  on  my  lips  that 

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God  might  use  it  to  bring  about  his  salvation.     Ap- 
proaching him,  I  said : 

"Charlie,  if  you  will  go  with  me  to  class  meeting 
next  Tuesday  evening,  and  then  tell  me  you  did  not 
like  it,  I  will  buy  you  a  new  suit  of  clothes." 

He  thought  a  moment,  and  then  said:  "I  will  surely 
go." 

He  went.  What  a  meeting  we  had !  How  the  saints 
shouted  for  joy!  The  testimonies  rang  out  with  no 
uncertain  sound.  The  class  leader  exhorted  lost  souls 
to  come  to  Christ.  Charlie  could  hold  out  no  longer. 
He  rushed  forward,  fell  upon  his  knees,  and  began  to 
cry  for  mercy  and  salvation.  The  light  of  heaven 
broke  in  on  his  soul  and  he  was  soon  just  as  noisy  as 
the  others.  My  proposition  had  born  fruit.  Charlie 
never  asked  me  for  the  suit  of  clothes. 

Today  the  Methodist  class  meeting  is  out  of  date.  It 
is  a  thing  of  the  past.  The  old-fashioned  love  feast  is 
no  more.  No  more  do  Methodist  preachers  thunder  out 
from  their  pulpits  sermons  on  the  Judgment,  and  the 
damnation  of  hell.  Once  they  did  this,  and  sinners 
quaked  for  fear  and  cried  out  for  salvation.  Oh, 
what  a  sad  change  ! 

The  "Amen  Corner"  has  disappeared  entirely.  In 
many  Methodist  churches  of  today  it  would  be  entire 
ly  out  of  place  to  get  blest.  A  shout  would  fearfully 
disturb  the  preacher  and  the  velvet-eared  professors 
in  their  pews.  The  converts  are  dead,  the  atmosphere 
is  pregnant  with  decay,  the  hawk's  nest  is  full  of 
bones. 


THE  HAWK'S  NEST 
F.  M.  Lehman. 

A  gray  old  hawk  hangs  over  yonder  crag, 
With  talons  poised  and  bloody  beak, 

Alert  to  catch  the  chick  with  steps  a-lag — 
To  carry  to  her  nest  the  weak. 

The  modern  church,  should  converts  be  found  there, 
Our  old-time  Bible  safe-guards  mocks; 

The  convert — foodless,  hopeless,  in  despair — 
Is  carried  off  by  Satan's  hawks. 

Young  chickens  thrive  on  grain;  not  oyster  stews; 

The  finest  of  the  wheat  and  corn; 
We  need  it  in  our  pulpits  and  our  pews, 

Tho'  hirelings  hold  us  up  to  scorn. 

The  modern  church  is  but  a  hawk's  nest  now — 

No  "amen  corner"  and  no  groans; 
To  "feed  my  lambs"  the  churchling  knows  not  how— 

The  nest  is  cluttered  round  with  bones. 

God  save  our  converts  from  old  Satan's  hawks! 

Pray  that  the  dove  may  o'er  them  brood; 
God,  help  us  how  to  feed  them  grain;  not  stalks; 

Not  substitutes;  not  chaff:  but  food! 

God,  save  us  from  this  modern,  easy  way 
That  kills  our  converts  at  the  birth! 

Give  us  the  old-time  methods,  Lord,  we  pray 
That  always  prove  their  royal  worth! 

We  shun  the  hawk's  nest  on  the  crags,  and  give 
To  converts  young  the  danger-scream; 

The  hawk  is  near!  To  cover  run,  and  live! — 
Arouse  ye  from  your  fitful  dream ! 


CHAPTER  II 
THE  CHURCH  ADRIFT 

It  was  not  long  ago  when  a  company  of  young  peo- 
ple from  the  M.  E.  Church  at  Wareham,  Massachu- 
setts, went  to  Portsmouth  campmeeting.  Under  the 
preaching  of  holiness  they  were  sanctified  wholly. 
They  returned  from  the  camp  to  their  homes  with  the 
glory  on  their  souls.  On  Wednesday  evening  they  at- 
tended prayer  meeting  in  their  church.  With  the  joy 
bells  ringing  in  their  souls  they  began  to  clap  their 
hands  and  to  shout  the  praises  of  God.  The  pastor 
stood  to  his  feet,  and  said : 

"It  is  a  fifty  dollar  fine  to  disturb  a  religious  meet- 
ing. The  next  one  who  shouts  in  this  meeting  will  be 
punished  to  the  fullest  extent  of  the  law !" 

Of  course,  this  threat  did  not  intimidate  these  young 
people.  However,  the  preacher  did  eventually  crowd 
them  out  of  their  church  home.  They  then  organized 
a  holiness  church  where  they  could  exercise  their  lib- 
erty in  worshipping  God  unmolested — with  no  threat 
of  arrest  and  punishment  by  law. 

This  is  only  one  case  among  thousands  where  wholly 
sanctified  people  have  been  forced  to  leave  their 
church  because  the  lukewarm  preacher  and  church 
members  could  not  endure  their  shouts  of  victory;  be- 
cause they  would  not  tolerate  a  straight-cut  testimony 


HATCHING  CHICKENS  FOR  THE  HAWKS 

to  the  experience  of  holiness.  Yes,  Methodism,  as 
well  as  other  large  denominations,  has  drifted  from 
God  into  formalism  and  worldliness.  There  is  no 
comparison  between  what  they  once  were,  spirit- 
ually, and  what  they  are  now.  The  hawk  has  played 
havoc  with  their  chickens.  In  fact,  they  have  been 
caught  in  this  deadly  modern  influence  of  worldliness, 
and  are  twice  dead. 

Possibly  some  will  question  my  arraignment  of 
Methodism,  especially  those  whose  eyes  are  not  yet 
open  to  the  conditions  as  they  really  are  ?  Let  us, 
then,  introduce  one  whose  word  should  have  weight; 
one  who  speaks  with  greater  authority  than  may  my- 
self, viz.,  Bishop  Randolph  S.  Foster.  He  saw  clearly 
the  drift  of  Methodism  in  his  day  and  sounded  out  a 
warning,  by  saying: 

"Just  now  four  out  of  every  five  of  our  churches 
are  doing  nothing,  absolutely  nothing.  God's  blessed 
cause  is  not  one  whit  stronger  in  members  and  influ- 
ence by  their  living.  The  church  of  God  is  today 
courting  the  world.  Its  members  are  bringing  it  down 
to  the  level  of  the  ungodly.  The  ball,  the  theater, 
nude  and  lewd  art,  social  luxuries,  with  all  their  loose 
moralities,  are  making  inroads  into  the  sacred  inclos- 
ure  of  the  church.  As  a  satisfaction  for  all  this  world- 
liness, Christians  are  making  a  great  deal  out  of  Lent 
and  Easter  ornamentations.  It  is  the  old  trick  of  Sa- 
tan. The  Jewish  church  struck  on  that  rock,  the 
Romish  church  was  wrecked  on  it,  and  the  Protestant 
church  is  fast  reaching  the  same  doom. 

"Our  great  dangers,  as  we  see  them,  are  assimila- 
tion with  the  world,  neglect  of  the  poor,  substitution 
of  the  form  for  the  fact  of  godliness,  abandonment 

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of  discipline,  a  hireling  ministry,  an  impure  gospel, 
which,  summed  up,  is  a  fashionable  church. 

"That  Methodists  should  be  liable  to  such  an  out- 
come, and  that  there  should  be  signs  of  it  an  hundred 
years  from  the  sail-loft,  seems  almost  a  miracle  of  his- 
tory. But  who  that  looks  about  him  today  can  fail  to 
see  the  fact  ?  Do  not  Methodists,  in  violation  of  God's 
Word  and  their  own  discipline,  dress  as  extravagantly 
and  as  fashionably  as  any  other  class  ?  Do  not  the 
ladies,  and  often  the  wives  and  daughters  of  the  min- 
istry, put  on  gold  and  pearls  and  costly  array?  Would 
not  the  plain  dress  worn  by  Hester  Ann  Rogers  and 
many  other  equally  distinguished,  be  now  regarded  by 
Methodists  as  fanaticism?  Can  any  one  going  into  a 
Methodist  church  in  any  of  our  chief  cities  distinguish 
the  attire  of  the  communicants  from  that  of  the  thea- 
ter and  ball-room  goers  ?  Is  not  worldliness  seen 
in  the  music?  Elaborately  dressed  and  ornamented 
choirs  who,  in  many  cases,  make  no  profession  of  re- 
ligion and  are  often  sneering  skeptics,  go  through  a 
cold,  artistic  or  operatic  performance,  which  is  as 
much  in  harmony  with  spiritual  worship  as  an  opera 
or  a  theater. 

"Under  such  performance  spirituality  is  frozen  to 
death.  Formerly  every  Methodist  prayed,  testified  or 
exhorted  in  prayer  meeting.  Now  but  few  are  heard. 
Formerly  shouts  and  praise  were  heard.  Now  such 
demonstrations  of  holy  enthusiasm  and  joy  are  regard- 
ed as  fanaticism.  Worldly  socials,  festivals,  concerts 
and  such  like  have  taken  the  place  of  the  religious 
gatherings,  revival  meetings,  class  and  prayer  meet- 
ings of  the  earlier  days. 

"How  true  that  the  Methodist  discipline  is  a  'dead 
letter !'  Its  rules  forbid  the  wearing  of  gold  or  pearls 

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or  costly  array;  yet  no  one  ever  thinks  of  disciplining 
its  members  for  violating  them.  It  forbids  the  read- 
ing of  such  books  and  the  taking  of  such  diversions 
as  do  not  minister  to  godliness.  Yet  the  church  itself 
goes  to  shows  and  festivals  and  fairs,  which  destroy 
the  spiritual  life  of  the  young  as  well  as  the  old.  The 
extent  to  which  this  is  now  carried  on  is  appalling. 
The  spiritual  death  it  carries  in  its  train  will  only  be 
known  when  the  millions  it  has  swept  into  hell  stand 
before  the  Judgment. 

"The  early  Methodist  preachers  went  forth  to  sac- 
rifice and  suffer  for  Christ.  They  did  not  seek  places 
of  ease  and  affluence,  but  of  privation  and  suffering. 
They  gloried  not  in  their  big  salaries,  fine  parsonages, 
and  refined  congregations,  but  in  the  souls  that  had 
been  won  for  Jesus.  Oh,  what  a  change ! 

"A  hireling  ministry  will  be  a  feeble,  a  timid,  a 
truckling,  a  time-serving  ministry  without  faith,  en- 
durance and  holy  power.  Methodism  formerly  dwelt 
in  the  great  central  truth.  Now  the  pulpits  deal 
largely  in  generalities  and  in  popular  lectures.  The 
glorious  doctrine  of  entire  sanctification  is  rarely 
heard  and  seldom  witnessed  to  in  the  pulpits." 

Do  you  think,  reader,  that  the  criticism  of  the  writ- 
er is  unjust  when  compared  with  the  statements  made 
by  as  great  a  man  as  Bishop  Foster?  It  is  all  true. 
The  half  can  not  be  told  of  this  apostasy.  Not  only 
is  this  true  of  Methodism,  but  of  other  churches  as 
well.  Today  the  spiritual  condition  of  many  churches 
is  awful  in  the  extreme.  In  some  churches  they  have 
introduced  billiards  and  pool,  bowling  and  moving 
pictures.  Some  have  resorted  to  the  worst  kind  of 
soul-degrading  socials  and  entertainments  and  canta- 
tas in  an  effort  to  hold  their  young  people.  Socials. 

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oyster  suppers,  strawberry  festivals,  rummage  sales, 
auction  sales,  fairs,  bazaars,  and  many  other  catch- 
penny schemes  to  raise  money  have  been  inaugurated 
to  keep  the  drifting  church  from  going  on  the  rocks 
financially. 

ADRIFT  ON  THE  TIDE 
F.  M.  Lehman. 

The  church  is  adrift  on  the  tides  of  sin, 

With  the  world  in  her  leaking  hold; 
No  more  does  she  know  how  lost  souls  to  win, 

For  her  altars  are  dead  and  cold. 

The  church  is  adrift  in  the  thick'ning  fog, 

With   the   rocks  on   her  listing  lee; 
Her  rudder  and   chart   and  her  well-kept  log 

Have  been  lost  in  the  churning  sea. 

The  church  is  adrift,  and  the  souls  on  board 

See  no  danger  and  death  at  all; 
With  rocks  on  the  lee,  they,  with  one  accord, 

Only  laugh  at  the  danger  call. 

The  church  is  adrift,  but  the  captains  sneer, 

And  the  voyagers  dance  and  play; 
Then,  "On  with  the  dance!"  and,  "Away  with  fear!" 

And,  "Away  with   the  Judgment  Day!" 

The  church  is  adrift!  Would  you  stay  on  board 

And  go  down  with  the  ship  at  last? 
"Come  out  from  among  them!"  thus  saith  the  Lord, 

And  your  lot  with  the  ransomed  cast. 


CHAPTER  III 
THE  "SOCIAL"  CRAZE 

Among  a  few  of  the  very  many  socials  churches 
have  had  and  are  still  having  that  bring  the  blush  of 
shame  to  the  cheek  of  all  who  have  principle  and  a 
regard  for  things  sacred,  the  following  set  forth  to 
what  lengths  a  fallen  church  will  go  to  gather  shekels. 
What  would  Wesley  say,  were  he  here  today? 

The  Toe  Social.  A  sheet  is  drawn  across  one  of 
the  rooms  and  certain  female  members  of  the  church 
remove  their  stockings  and  then  push  their  toes  under- 
neath the  sheet  in  sight  of  the  congregation.  A  sum 
of  money  is  paid  for  the  privilege  of  guessing  whose 
toes  are  thus  exposed. 

The  Shadow  Social.  The  room  is  darkened  and  a 
sheet  drawn  at  one  end,  the  same  as  in  the  Toe  Social. 
Behind  the  sheet  the  apartment  is  lighted.  The  fe- 
male in  the  inclosure  passes  between  the  light  and  the 
sheet,  taking  pains  to  project  a  clear  silhouette.  It 
costs  so  much  per  guess  who  the  stately  female  is. 
This  social  has  drawn  many  dollars  from  the  pockets 
of  the  men. 

The  Kissing  Social.  This  social  has  gained  great 
prominence  in  the  fallen  churches  of  this  country.  I 
personally  know  of  a  case  where  ten  cents  was  asked 


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for  each  kiss  given  a  young  lady  who  had  been  but 
recently  saved.  She  had  been  influenced  by  certain 
worldly  members  of  the  church  to  which  she  belonged 
to  permit  this  scandalous  performance.  To  this  kiss- 
ing arrangement  she  innocently  submitted  in  order 
that  she  might  thus  help  raise  money  for  the  church. 
Many  were  the  kisses  she  received  from  her  male  ad- 
mirers. It  was  later  reported  on  good  authority  that 
through  this  soul-degrading  social  this  young  woman 
had  backslidden. 

The  Sock  and  Stocking  Social.  The  Stocking  Soc- 
ial was  a  new  one  to  me  until  I  read  in  a  New  York 
daily  how  the  young  women  of  a  certain  church  had 
inaugurated  this  kind  of  a  social.  They  took  their 
own  stockings  and  held  them  open  and  asked  the 
young  men  they  had  invited  to  attend  to  put  their 
money  into  them  to  help  pay  off  the  mortgage  on  the 
church  building.  The  editor  of  the  daily  slurringly 
remarked:  "Of  course,  the  young  women  got  all  the 
money  they  needed  when  they  took  off  their  own 
stockings  to  their  gentlemen  friends." 

We  gather  the  following  clipping  from  a  religious 
paper.  It  had  been  copied  from  a  daily  advertising 
the  following  social  to  be  held  in  the  M.  E.  Church  in 
an  Illinois  city:  "The  class  of  young  ladies  taught  by 
Miss  Estella  Popjoy  and  Miss  Withers'  class  of  young 
men  of  the  Grace  M.  E.  Sunday  School  will  give  a 
Sock  Social  in  the  Epworth  League  room  of  the  church 
this  evening.  The  price  of  admission  will  be  as  many 
cents  as  the  size  of  one  of  the  hose  worn  by  the  guest 
desiring  to  gain  entrance.  Everybody  is  cordially  in- 
vited to  attend  and  enjoy  the  splendid  programme 
which  has  been  arranged." 

These  are  just  a  few     of     the     many     socials     the 

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churches  have  indulged  in  for  fun  and  frolic  and  to 
raise  money  for  church  work.  These  socials,  immoral 
in  tone,  have  killed  the  spiritual  life  of  all  who  attend- 
ed and  took  part  in  them. 

A  short  time  ago  we  clipped  from  a  Spokane,  Wash- 
ington, paper  the  following  advertisement:  "The 
young  ladies  of  the  Corbin  M.  E.  Church  will  give  a 
circus  in  the  basement  of  the  church  building,  Friday 
March  14th.  The  affair  will  be  in  charge  of  Mrs.  H. 
B.  It  is  announced  there  will  be  side-shows,  clowns. 
a  human  skeleton,  and  other  features.  Refreshments 
in  the  way  of  soda-water,  pop,  lemonade  and  peanuts 
will  be  dispensed.  All  funds  raised  will  be  used  for 
church  purposes." 


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Representing  the  Church 


How  are  the  mighty  fallen!  Who  could  have  be- 
lieved that  this  church,  "raised  up  of  God,"  as  John 
Wesley  said,  "to  spread  scriptural  holiness,"  would 
so  far  apostatize  from  God  to  allow  such  a  thing  to 
enter  her  doors  ?  A  skeleton  in  the  basement,  indeed  ! 
This  stands  for  death.  When  Methodism  was  alive 

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neither  shows,  side-shows,  clowns  nor  human  skele- 
tons would  for  a  moment  have  been  tolerated.  That 
these  things  are  now  dragged  into  the  once  sacred 
sanctuary  only  proves  that  our  arraignment  is  true. 

What  will  you  say  when  I  tell  you  that  in  the  very 
town  where  these  lines  were  penned  the  Congregation- 
al church  had  a  prize  fight  in  their  church  building? 
After  the  bout  the  preacher  himself  took  a  hand  in 
the  affair,  greatly  to  the  enjoyment  of  his  worldly 
church  members. 

In  another  town,  not  far  from  where  we  lived,  the 
young  ladies  of  a  certain  church  dressed  like  ghosts, 
went  out  to  the  graveyard,  and  then  marched  into 
their  church  to  hold  a  ghost-dance — all  to  raise  a  few 
shekels  for  their  worldly,  compromising  preacher.  No 
doubt  hell  will  be  populated  with  the  lost  and  damned 
who  were  swept  down  to  perdition,  caught  in  the  tide 
of  worldly  church  amusements.  How  vividly  Mrs. 
Charles  Cowman,  a  missionary  in  Tokio,  Japan,  por- 
trays this  very  truth: 

''Scene  One.  A  beautiful  stone  church  in  a  city. 
Hanging  outside,  a  large  placard  with  'Bazaar!  Fancy 
Articles  for  Sale.  Oyster  Supper,  50c.' 

"Scene  Tii'o.  Inside  this  beautiful  church-palace 
the  seats  are  all  removed  to  make  room  for  booths. 
Dotted  here  and  there  over  the  room  are  minature 
stores  with  hand-made  candies,  fancy  articles  and  oth- 
er merchandise.  Little  groups  are  laughing  and  chat- 
ting together.  The  leader  of  the  Bazaar  enters  ar- 
rayed in  a  new  satin  gown.  'Oh,  what  magnificient 
diamonds!'  exclaim  many.  Perfumed  and  lovely,  Un- 
handsome evening  costume  of  the  people  make  a  bril- 
liant picture  indeed.  The  sale  commences.  The  oc- 

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cuparits  of  the  booths  are  happy.  Their  little  stores 
reap  tripple  the  profits  from  wares  of  questionable 
value. 

"Scene  Three.  Here  in  this  corner  we  have  a  mock 
auction.  The  one  who  bids  highest  carries  off  the 
prized  article.  Did  I  hear  some  one  say,  'Gambling?' 
Hush !  No,  it  is  only  a  church  fair,  and  no  harm.  Ten 
o'clock,  and  the  sales  are  finished.  The  columned  ac- 
counts reach  the  grand  total  of  three  hundred  dollars. 
This  is  to  be  used  to  keep  the  house  of  the  Lord.  The 
people  go  home,  weary  and  worn  from  the  noise  and 
confusion,  to  toss  on  their  pillows  with  aching  heads 
and  throbbing  hearts. 

"Scene  Four.  During  the  evening  there  passed  by 
the  church — a  Stranger.  At  the  window  He  paused 
a  moment,  looked  into  the  brilliantly  lighted  rooms, 
and  murmured :  'What  can  this  place  be  ?  Its  exter- 
ior architecture  would  constitute  it  a  church,  but,  judg- 
ing from  the  frivolities  in  its  spacious  interior,  I  must 
be  mistaken.  I  wonder  where  I  may  find  a  church?' 

"Scene  Five.  Another  passes  by,  and  pauses.  'Tis 
a  young  girl.  Once  her  life  was  as  pure  as  the  driven 
snow,  but  wreck  and  ruin  have  attended  her  way.  Sin 
has  blasted  and  blackened  that  once-pure  life.  Once 
the  world  looked  promising,  beautiful,  and  Hope  held 
sway.  Out  from  the  world's  roses  came  a  thorn  that 
pierced  her  heart,  now  bleeding  and  broken.  Tonight 
the  tender  years  of  youth  have  come  back  through 
memory's  hallways.  Mother's  lullaby  cradle  croons 
have  brought  her  wayward  steps  by  this  church. 
Mother  sleeps  in  the  silent  city  and  Hope  is  dying — 
is  almost  dead.  'Is  there  no  one  to  help  me  tonight?' 
falls  from  her  blistered  lips.  'Oh,  I  will  go  into  this 

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church  on  the  avenue  to  find  some  one  who  will  pray 
for  me.  It  may  be  I  shall  find  my  way  back  to  God 
and  heaven!'  Her  swift  steps  have  brought  her  to 
the  half-open  window.  The  inside  revelry  is  the  last 
scene.  Some  one  is  singing.  She  pauses  to  listen,  alert 
to  catch  a  home-call  in  the  song.  What  does  she  hear? 
Not  'Rescue  the  perishing,  Care  for  the  dying/  but  a 
popular  love  ditty;  the  same  the  denizens  of  the  line 
sing  in  ribald  abandon. 

"Scene  Six.  With  an  aching  heart  the  outcast 
turns  slowly  away.  Through  her  blinding  tears  she 
murmurs,  'I  thought  to  have  found  them  praj'ing. 
Churches  are  different  than  I  thought  they  were.  The 
river  is  not  far  away/ 

"Scene  Seven.  In  the  shadows,  just  outside  the 
door,  stands  a  Silent  Form.  As  we  pause  a  moment, 
we  hear  Him  say:  'Make  not  my  Father's  house  an 
house  of  merchandise.  My  house  shall  be  called  the 
house  of  prayer'." 

It  is  such  churches  as  described  above,  through 
their  worldliness  and  money-making  schemes,  who 
oppose  God's  Word.  They  help  to  populate  hell  and 
rob  heaven  of  precious  souls.  It  is  enough  to  make 
the  angels  in  heaven  weep.  It  should  bring  the  spirit- 
ual members  still  in  her  fallen  fold  to  their  knees,  be- 
seeching God  to  intervene  to  save  the  multitudes  now 
being  dragged  to  darkness  and  to  death.  All  this  is 
caused  by  the  church  locking  arms  with  the  world. 
The  apostasy  is  in  her  last  mad  rush  downward  to 
eternal  night.  We  believe  it  is  wrong  for  Christians 
to  remain  in  and  support  such  churches. 


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Here  is  a  statement  made  by  Dr.  Freeman,  Minneapolis:  "My 
church  has  spent  $1,700,000  in  institutionalism,  and  I'm  through 
with  it.  It  makes  the  minister  a  manager  of  machinery,  instead 
of  a  prophet  of  God.  I  am  going  back  to  the  upper-room  life." 


THE  LIVING  DEAD 
F.  M.  Lehman. 

The  fallen  church  is  a  "den  of  thieves," 
Where  the   world  displays   its   wares. 

She  sells  her  "oxen"  and  fatted  beeves, 

Pollutes  her  temples  from  sill  to  eves; 

She  bears  no  fruit.    There  is  naught  but  leaves. 
She  is  trapped  in  Satan's  snares. 

The  "mourners'  bench"  has  been  carried  out 
And  thrown  with  the  back-yard  trash. 

And,  hushed  today  is  the  old-time  shout, 

For  she  will  not  have  these  "cranks"  about. 

No  use  has  she   for  the  saint  devout — 
Instead,  she  has  asked  for  cash. 

The  "Amen  Corners"  are  changed  to  stalls 

Where  the  world's  cheap  tinsel  lies. 
Her  painted  women  give  "auction"-calls, 
Or  "swing  to  the  left"   in   "social"   balls— 
Oh,  see!  'tis  here  that  the  Serpent  crawls, 
But  the  crowd  this  truth  denies. 

Come,  see  this  house  of  the  living  dead — 

Where   the   Christ  is  crucified. 
See,  the  fallen  church  the  world  has  wed. 
Like  sheep  to  slaughter  her  lambs  are  led. 
She  gives  her  people  a  "stone  for  bread"- 

\Vhile  a  million  souls  have  died. 

Gone  are  the  days  of  the  saddle  bags, 
And  come  has  the  "Toe  Bazaar." 
No  more  revivals,  but — only  brags 
(Above  the  smoke  of  the  Turkish  fags) 
How  much  the  cash  on  the  sale  of  rags! — 
And  then  comes  the  Judgment  Bar. 

And  this  is  the  plight,  from  coast  to  coast, 

Of  the  church   apostatized. 
Of  wealth  and  numbers  she  makes  her  boast, 
Tho'  her  need  is  full  salvation  most; 
She  has  lost  the  blessed  Holy  Ghost, 

And  His  office  work  despised. 


CHAPTER  IV 
THE  "MOTHER  SHIP" 

We  do  not  agree  with  one  of  the  popular  holiness 
evangelist*,  who  for  years  has  been  a  Methodist,  when 
he  says  that  all  Methodists  should  stay  in  that  church. 
This  brother  wrote  an  article  which  was  published  in 
one  of  the  leading  holiness  papers,  entitled:  "The 
Mother  Church/'  To  prove  that  he  was  scriptural  in 
his  argument  he  used  the  words  of  Paul  when  caught 
in  the  storm  at  sea,  "Except  these  abide  in  the  ship, 
ye  cannot  be  saved."  He  implied,  of  course,  that  all 
those  who  left  the  Mother  ship,  the  Methodist  Church, 
to  unite  with  holiness  churches,  would  be  lost. 

It  is  the  only  article  we  ever  answered.  The  temp- 
tation was  too  great.  We  wrote,  "The  author  of  the 
article,  entitled  'The  Mother  Ship',  forgot  to  mention 
the  fact  that  in  a  few  days  the  old  ship  was  grounded 
and  all  on  board  were  glad  to  leave  the  stranded  old 
wreck  and  escape  to  shore,  some  on  boards  and  some 
on  broken  pieces  of  the  ship." 

Who  can  blame  the  spiritual  people  who  have  lab- 
ored in  vain  for  years  to  stem  the  tide  of  worldliness 
in  the  nominal  churches,  only  to  see  conditions  grow 
worse  and  worse,  for  leaving  the  hulk  at  last?  The 
"old  mother  ship",  as  the  evangelist  called  it  (wheth- 
er the  Methodist  or  any  other  church),  captained  by 


THE  "MOTHER  SHIP" 

compromising  preachers,  is  grounded  on  the  rocks  of 
cold  formality  and  spiritual  death.  It  is  only  right 
that  the  voyagers  leave  the  hopeless  wreck  to  escape 
to  the  holiness  churches  where  they  may  find  shelter 
and  safety. 

Why  not?  Why  cling  to  the  "old  mother  ship" 
stuck  fast  on  the  quagmires  of  sin  ?  Why  hang  on  to 
a  wreck  fast  going  to  pieces  in  the  waves  of  worldly 
conformity  and  spiritual  pride?  What  encourage- 
ment have  God's  people  to  remain  on  board  such  a 
vessel?  Why  should  their  converts  be  invited  to  come 
aboard  when  they  well  know  that  if  they  do  so  all  will 
go  down  together?  Why  commit  spiritual  suicide  and 
continue  to  be  engaged  in  commiting  spiritual  murder 
by  seeing  young  converts  thus  surely  put  to  death  ? 
Mother  church,  indeed ! 

We  acknowledge  that  the  Methodist  Church  was 
our  mother.  But  mother  died.  Could  we  think  of 
anything  more  revolting  than  to  leave  mother  lying 
about  in  our  parlor  in  a  state  of  decomposition  ?  Who 
would  dream  of  fondling  the  dear  form  after  it  is 
clammy  and  cold  and  unresponsive  to  the  tenderest 
touch  ?  Imagine  us  sitting  down  by  the  side  of  the 
corpse  to  hold  conversation.  It  would  be  one  sided, 
to  say  the  least.  A  corpse  makes  no  reply.  Should 
we  leave  our  natural  mother  lying  about  after  she  had 
died,  how  long  would  it  be  before  the  authorities 
would  take  things  in  hand  and  give  mother  a  decent 
burial — and  kindly  place  us  in  an  asylum  for  the 
weakmiiided  or  insane  ? 

Mother.  How  we  loved  her  when  she  went  about 
in  life!  We  shall  never  forget  her  soft  cradle  croon, 
her  sweet  evening  lullabys,  her  cool  hand  upon  our 

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fevered  brow.  We  shall  never  forget  how  she  looked 
after  us  when  we  were  thoughtless  and  carried  little 
responsibility.  How  she  guided  us  when  we  had  in 
mind  to  do  things  that  were  not  for  our  good.  How 
she  led  our  halting  feet  over  the  rough  places  in  youth 
and  how  she  in  later  years  gave  us  safe  counsel  and 
help  in  times  of  perplexity.  Then  came  a  time  when 
mother  failed.  We  saw  symptoms  of  disease  that  gave 
us  alarm.  In  our  anxiety  we  cast  about  for  remedies 
that  might  restore  mother  to  health  again.  In  spite  of 
all  our  efforts,  mother  died. 

We  are  not  ungrateful  for  what  mother  did  for 
us;  we  loved  her  dearly.  No  one  ever  had  a  mother 
so  good  as  was  she.  Nor  did  we  forget  to  bring  her 
flowers  in  life.  We  smothered  her  coffin  with  roses 
and  lilies,  and  wept  as  though  our  heart  would  break 
when  we  knew  she  was  dead.  We  should  have  been 
delighted  to  keep  mother  with  us  as  we  knew  her 
when  she  was  in  her  prime.  Yea,  even  when  she  had 
grown  feeble  under  the  hand  of  a  subtle  disease  did 
we  show  our  anxious  solicitation  for  her  welfare,  and 
endeavored  to  find  a  way  to  health  for  her  whom  we 
loved  better  than  life.  But  she  died.  Common  sense 
demanded  that  we  lay  her  away.  The  public  health 
demanded  that  we  bury  her  from  sight.  Love  wanted 
to  keep  her,  but  good  judgment  said  that  she  must  be 
laid  away.  This  we  did — and  peace  be  to  her  dust. 

Thank  God,  many  have  left  the  corpse,  the  "mother 
church,"  dead  and  in  the  process  of  dissolution.  They 
have  left  the  stranded  wreck  and  have  engaged  pass- 
age to  glory  on  a  ship  that  is  staunch  and  seaworthy. 
From  her  masthead  waves  a  royal  flag  upon  which  is 
inscribed :  "Holiness  Unto  the  Lord."  Our  tickets 

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call  for  three  good  square  meals  a  day,  with  a  table 
loaded  with  fruits  from  Canaan.  For  desert  we  have 
a  fresh  supply  of  heaven's  dainties  after  each  meal, 
with  angel-cake  covered  with  whipped  cream  and 
honey  between  the  layers. 

We  have  cast  a  last  glance  at  the  old  "mother  ship" 
with  her  nose  in  the  sea  and  her  broken  rudder  high 
in  the  air,  poised  for  the  final  plunge.  We  have  es- 
caped, thank  God,  and  are  far  enough  away  so  that 
the  suction  of  her  plunge  will  not  endanger  our  on- 
ward voyage  in  a  safer  ship.  Eddies  swirl  and  play 
where  she  has  gone  down,  and  bits  of  floating  wreck- 
age appear  in  testimony  that  she  has  foundered.  All 
we  can  do  is  to  strew  a  bunch  of  lilies  upon  the  swirl- 
ing wave  and  shed  a  tear  in  memory  of  what  she  has 
been  in  days  gone  by. 

We  turn  away  from  the  place  with  a  sad  heart.  A 
lonely  sea  gull  screams  across  the  watery  waste  and 
the  wind  whispers  a  last  requeim  over  the  late  de- 
parted. A  yellowing  sunset  in  the  offing  reminds  us 
that  kindly  night  will  soon  hide  from  our  eyes  the 
tragedy — the  place  where  she  went  down.  With  bared 
head,  and  chin  on  our  breast,  we  weep  over  the  lost 
ship  at  sea.  Love  weaves  the  flag  at  half-mast  on  our 
rescuing  schooner,  and  then  we  veer  off  to  the  right 
toward  the  City  Eternal. 

Can  you  not  see,  my  Christian  brother  and  sister, 
that  to  remain  in  the  worldly  churches  of  our  day  is 
suicidal  ?  Can  you  not  see  that  to  win  souls  and  then 
bring  your  winnings  into  her  fallen  fold  is  soul  mur- 
der? You  accomplish  nothing,  absolutely  nothing. 
In  fact,  you  do  harm.  You  are  but  hatching  chickens 
for  the  hawks. 

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MOTHER  IS  DEAD! 
F.  M.  Lehman. 

A  man  of  quite  peculiar  mind, 
(A  man  one  does  but  seldom  find), 

Learned  that  his  mother  passed  away. 
He  laid  her  on  the  cooling  board, 
Before  her  there  his   grief  outpoured. 
In  various  ways  his  loss  deplored. 

And  this  he  did  from  day  to  day. 

When  asked  when  would  the  fun'ral  be, 
He  said  that  he  could  hardly  see 

How  he  could  bear  her  from  his  sight. 
"I'll  stay  with  mother,"  this  he  said, 
"Altho'  I  know  that  mother's  dead." 
And,  tho'  the  neighbors  with  him  plead, 

He  "stayed  with  mother,"  day  and   night. 

He  sang  and  wrote  of  other  years, 
When  she  had  helped  him  with  her  tears, 

And  guided  home  his  wayward  feet. 

And,  as  the  days  and  weeks  went  by, 
He  often  heaved  a  smothered  sigh, 
And  wiped  a  teardrop  from  his  eye — 

In  sorrow  took  his  drink  and  meat. 

The  hands  of  dissolution  played, 

And  "mother's"  mortal  mould  was  made 

Obnoxious  to  the  neighborhood. 

The  townsmen  sent  a  sable  hearse, 
And  told  the  man  in  language  terse, 
That,  tho'  his  grief  seemed  much  the  worse, 

'Twas  only  for  the  common  good, 

That  "mother"  now  be  laid  away. 

The  man  looked  at  them  in  dismay, 
And  said:  "No,  no!  'tis  mother  still! 

"Altho'  she  lies  here  dead  and  cold, 

"She  still  does  my  affections  hold! 

"Your  actions,  sir,  are  rude  and  bold!" — 
They  laid  her  on  the  churchyard  hill.* 


They  kindly  took  the  man  away 
To  some  asylum  on  the  Bay, 

Because  his  mind  was  thought  unsound. 
He  did  not  seem  to  understand 
That  death  was  lurking  in  the  land 
By  such  mad  methods  he  had  planned — 

To  keep  the  corpse  above  the  ground. 

Say,  brother,  if  you  can  not  see 

The  point  we  make,  then  you  must  be 

A   man  gone  absolutely  blind. 

If  "mother's  dead,"  as  you  admit, 
Why  would  you  by  her  side  still  sit? 
Why  not  use  common  sense  a  bit? 

What  ails  your  philosophic  mind? 

Come,  leave  her  on  the  cooling  board — 
You  know  she  has  denied  her  Lord. 

She  will  not  have  the  rugged  truth. 

The  church  you  call  your  "mother"  still, 
Has  ceased  to  do  the  Father's  will. 
If  souls  are  born,  these  she  will  kill. 

Her  mills  are  full  of  murdered  youth. 

Then  let  the  churches  hold  their  "wake," 
And  ex-users  o'er  their  corpses  shake, 

And  burn  their  incense  to  the  past. 

We  leave  the  dead-house  far  behind, 
AA  here  bonds  of  service  irk  and  bind, 
To  lead  t'j  Christ  the  lost  and  blind — 

With  holiness  and  heav'n  at  last. 


CHAPTER  V 
A  HOLINESS  FIGHTING  MINISTRY 

The  large  majority  of  preachers  in  the  nominal 
churches  of  today  will  not  stand  for  the  preaching  of 
holiness  as  a  second  work  of  grace  subsequent  to  re- 
generation. It  was  on  this  glorious  truth  that  Method- 
ism was  founded.  It  was  this  doctrine  that  John 
Wesley  taught  and  which  the  preachers  of  Methodism 
once  thundered  out  from  their  pulpits.  It  was  this 
kind  of  preaching  that  brought  things  to  pass.  It 
made  this  church  what  she  once  was — the  greatest  of 
all  revival  churches.  Great  revivals  were  everywhere 
heard  of.  Like  a  fire,  she  swept  everything  before 
her.  Nothing  could  stop  her  onward  march  to  vic- 
tory. Her  altars  were  crowded  with  seekers.  Her 
camp  meetings  were  ever  a  blaze  of  glory,  where  the 
slain  of  the  Lord  were  many. 

The  prophesy  of  her  founder,  John  Wesley,  has 
come  true.  He  said  when  Methodism  failed  to  stand 
by  the  doctrine  of  holiness  she  would  be  a  dead  letter. 
Oh,  how  true  it  is,  that  this  has  come  to  pass!  The 
Methodist  Church,  as  a  denomination,  will  no  longer 
stand  by  the  doctrine  upon  which  she  was  founded. 
In  most  cases  her  preachers  will  not  tolerate  an  ad- 
vocate of  this  truth.  Generally  she  will  not  allow  a 


A  HOLINESS  FIGHTING  MINISTRY 

holiness  preacher  to  stand  on  her  platforms  to  preach 
the  doctrine  that  made  her  what  she  once  was. 

At  most  of  her  camp  meetings  her  preachers  meet 
to  exhibit  their  ability  to  outdo  the  other  fellow  in 
oratory.  We  have  seen  this  so  many  times  that  our 
heart  was  made  sad  and  we  have  left,  crushed  and 
crying  over  the  deplorable  conditions. 

About  five  years  ago  we  visited  an  old,  historic 
Methodist  camp  ground  in  the  state  of  New  York. 
There  was  a  time  when  holiness  was  the  principle 
theme  in  this  camp.  As  a  consequence,  many  were 
led  into  the  experience  of  full  salvation.  But,  oh, 
what  a  change !  Today  straight  holiness  preaching 
will  not  be  tolerated  on  those  grounds. 

When  we  visited  that  camp  we  heard  our  friend,  a 
holiness  evangelist,  who  had  been  invited  to  do  the 
preaching.  He  had  received  his  invitation  from  a  cer- 
tain preacher  who  had  used  his  influence  to  bring  him 
to  this  camp.  The  visiting  preachers  did  not  know 
that  my  friend  preached  this  doctrine,  or  things  might 
have  been  different.  We  have  forgotten  how  many 
sermons  he  preached,  but  not  many.  One  night  after 
having  preached  one  of  his  powerful  sermons  on  the 
baptism  with  the  Holy  Ghost,  there  followed  a  dis- 
graceful scene.  The  preachers  present  nearly  had  a 
riot.  They  fairly  gnashed  on  him  with  their  teeth. 
They  turned  out  the  lights  while  he  was  still  preach- 
ing and  shook  their  fists  in  each  others  faces  in  their 
argument  against  this  kind  of  preaching.  They  denied 
that  there  was  such  an  experience  as  the  second  bless- 
ing, so  taught  by  John  Wesley  and  his  followers. 
They  acted  so  disgracefully  that  our  holiness  evange- 

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list  friend  was  forced  to  pack  his  suit-case  and  leave 
the  grounds. 

Opposition  of  this  kind  has  been  the  experience  of 
many  other  holiness  evangelists.  The  opposition  is 
growing  worse.  Dr.  Henry  Morrison,  of  the  M.  E. 
Church  and  Editor  of  the  Pentecostal  Herald,  in  his 
editorial  of  March  26th,  1920,  puts  his  seal  to  all  the 
writer  has  said  by  penning  the  following: 

"We  have  sown  broadcast  everywhere  a  strong  op- 
position to  the  Wesleyan  doctrine  of  sanctification. 
In  Quarterly,  District,  and  Annual  Conferences,  in 
city  church,  circuit,  college,  church-paper  and  table 
talk  there  has  been  a  constant  discounting  of  the  sec- 
ond work  of  grace.  It  has  been  taught  and  under- 
stood very  generally  that  there  is  no  cleansing  to  be 
sought,  no  definite  baptism  of  the  Holy  Spirit  to  be 
obtained  after  regeneration.  What  are  the  results  ? 
Are  our  people  devout?  Has  the  spiritual  tide  risen, 
and  have  great  revivals  swept  the  nation  as  the  old 
doctrine  of  sanctification  has  been  trampled  out? 

"When  elders  on  their  rounds  and  pastors  in  their 
churches  have  preached  against  this  old  Methodist 
teaching,  have  revivals  broken  out  and  the  ball  room, 
shows,  card  tables  been  forsaken  and  the  altars 
crowded  with  seekers  of  religion  ?  Stand  up  and  ans- 
wer "Yes !"  ye  advocates  of  Christian  imperfection. 
You  will  have  to  answer  at  the  Judgment  Bar  of  God. 

"During  the  years  of  the  war  the  old  Methodist  doc- 
trine of  holiness  has  not  grown  in  grace.  Tens  of 
thousands  of  our  young  people  have  flocked  to  the 
worldly  places  of  amusements.  A  great  multitude  of 
impenitent,  unregenated  children  have  been  received 
into  the  church  without  having  been  born  again.  Our 
schools  have  been  saturated  with  skepticism,  and  re- 

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vivals  of  real  spiritual  power  are  few  and  far  between. 

"There  is  unbelief,  dissatisfaction  and  lawlessness 
everywhere.  Thousands  of  our  people  have  drifted 
away.  There  is  no  'uncertain  sound*  in  many  pulpits 
Methodist  preachers  are  opposing  revivals  of  religion. 
A  large  per  cent,  of  laymen  are  claiming  that  regener- 
ation is  not  necessary.  While  the  tide  of  licentious- 
ness, worldliness  and  sin  is  rising  on  every  side,  they 
deny  there  is  any  such  thing  as  human  depravity/' 

This  is  strong  language.  Coming  from  a  man  like 
Dr.  Morrison  we  are  obliged  to  accept  the  truth.  He 
has  a  knowledge  of  present-day  conditions  as  they 
really  are.  How  many  other  distinguished  preachers, 
evangelists  and  laymen,  who  stand  for  the  truth  of 
holiness,  and  who  deplore  the  apostate  condition  of 
the  nominal  church,  have  cried  out  against  this  fear- 
ful apostasy  with  a  broken  heart  ?  How  it  makes  the 
heart  ache  to  see  this  worldward  trend !  How  it 
brings  anguish  indescribable  to  those  who  still  preach 
the  old-time  truths  of  the  Book  to  see  this  degeneracy 
in  the  nominal  churches ! 

In  the  light  of  the  prevaling  conditions  as  outlined, 
may  we  expect  the  churches  of  our  day  to  return  to 
the  old  paths?  Nay,  verily;  it  will  never  be.  They 
cannot  return  with  a  holiness  fighting  ministry  at  the 
helm ;  with  bishops,  district  superintendents  and  other 
leaders  opposing  the  truth. 

No  denomination  has  ever  been  redeemed  from 
apostasy.  God  has  always  raised  up  another  to  take 
the  place  of  the  one  that  drifted  away  from  God's 
standards.  When  one  church  backslides  God  raises 
up  another.  He  will  have  a  people  to  worship  Him  in 
the  beauty  of  holiness.  This  is  why  the  holiness  move- 
ment is  sweeping  the  land.  This  is  why  so  many  holi- 

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ness  churches  are  being  organized  in  so  many  places. 
It  is  another  Reformation.  It  is  God  calling  His  peo- 
ple out  from  the  worldly  and  dead  churches  in  order 
that  He  may  preserve  His  holy  religion  and  have  a 
prepared  people  to  meet  Jesus  when  He  comes. 

SANCTIFICATION 
F.  M.  Lehman. 

Oh,  doctrine  divine  of  the  Master! 

The  cleansing  from  all  inbred  sin; 
How  panteth  the  soul  for  the  fullness, 

Desiring  His  presence  within! 

Tho'  many  deny  this  great  blessing, 
And  frown  on  the  fullness  divine; 

Some  find  it  and  keep  it  and  tell  it, 
For  Jesus  eternally  shine. 

Apostasy  cries  out  against  it, 

And  cuddles  its  carnal  desire; 
While  others,  in  spite  of  their  warning, 

Come  into  the  fullness  and  fire. 

The  hireling  will  ever  oppose  it, 

He  cares  not  one  whit  for  the  fold, 

His  ear  is  but  itching  for  honor; 
His  hand  is  extended  for  gold. 

But  some  there  are  still  who  will  preach  it, 
No  matter  how  hard  be  the  fight. 

They  cry  out  against  the  apostate, 

And  win  in  the  pow'r  of  His  might. 

The  nominal  church  is  abandoned 

To  worldliness,  pulpit   and  pew; 
She  does  not  desire  to  be  holy; 

She  does  not  desire  to  be  true. 

But,  oh!  there  are  some  who  still  glory 

In  preaching  salvation  from  sin; 
They  hold  to  the  landmarks  of  Canaan, 

And  seek  to  lead  Israel  in. 


CHAPTER  VI 
SECRET  SOCIETIES 

Many  bishops,  district  superintendents  and  preach- 
ers of  different  denominations  are  members  of  secret 
societies.  This  is  contrary  to  the  plain  teaching  of 
God's  Word.  These  societies  are  made  up,  mostly,  of 
men  who  make  no  profession  of  religion  at  all.  Jesus 
Christ  taught  a  life  of  separation  from  the  world. 

The  apostle  Paul  says:  "Come  out  from  among 
them,  and  be  ye  separate."  James  exclaims:  "Know 
ye  not  that  the  friendship  of  the  world  is  enmity  with 
God?  whosoever  therefore  will  be  a  friend  of  the 
world  is  the  enemy  of  God." 

Secret  societies  may  make  a  preacher  more  popular 
with  the  world;  it  may  help  him  to  secure  a  better 
charge  from  the  bishop;  but  it  will  never  make  him 
popular  in  heaven,  nor  aid  him  in  being  a  spiritual 
man. 

When  my  own  brother  was  thinking  of  entering  the 
ministry  his  pastor,  afterward  a  district  superintend- 
ent of  an  eastern  conference,  said  to  him:  "Before 
you  unite  with  this  conference,  be  sure  to  join  the 
Masons."  It  is  not  hard  to  guess  why  such  advice  was 
given.  Many  of  our  present-day  church  dignataries 
seem  to  have  an  itch  to  be  popular  with  the  world, 


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Jesus  taught  that  His  people  should  not  conform  to 
this  world. 

I  know  of  one  preacher  who  is  a  member  of  four- 
teen fraternal  organizations.  Of  course  he  is  very 
popular  in  the  city  where  he  preaches.  But — the  most 
spiritual  people  he  had  in  his  church  left  and  united 
with  a  Holiness  church  in  the  same  city.  Do  you 
blame  them  for  not  standing  by  this  worldly  minded 
preacher?  Do  you  blame  them  for  not  standing  by 
a  church  that  had  crowded  Jesus  Christ  out  by  their 
worldly  social  functions  ? 

With  such  preachers  in  the  pulpits  of  the  land, 
what  encouragement  is  there  for  spiritually  minded 
people  to  remain  ?  Why  should  they  support  such 
men  and  churches?  Why  should  they  be  asked  to 
waste  their  God-given  time  in  a  fruitless  effort  to  re- 
deem an  apostate  church  that  does  not  want  to  be  re- 
deemed? Stay  in,  if  you  will;  you  will  wake  up  to 
the  fact  that  you  have  labored  in  vain;  that  you  have 
only  been  hatching  chickens  for  the  hawks. 

THE  LODGE 
F.  M.  Lehman. 

How  can  a  preacher  in  a  lodge 

Proclaim  the  truth  to  dying  men? 

Each  Bible  issue  he  must  dodge 

By  daily  walk  and  word  and  pen 

If  he  must  ride  a  dozen  goats, 

Officiate  in  social  "screams," 
How  can  he  pull  the  irking  motes 

From  eyes,  witli  his  both  full  of  beams? 

How  can  he  warn  against  a  hell, 

When  "brothers"  sneer  at  such  a  place? 

To  poor,  lost  men  the  story  tell, 

When  he,  himself,  is  leagues  from  grace? 


"From  out  among  them  come,"  saith  God. 

"Touch  not  the  unclean  thing  at  all." — 
See!  o'er  the  door  flames,  "Ichabod!" 

The  word  proclaims  the  church's  fall. 

How  can  a  blind  man  lead  the  blind? 

They  surely  both  must  find  the  ditch. 
The  truth  and  error  we  must  find — 

We  want  to  know,  sir,  which  is  which. 

If  sibboleths   fraternal,  sir, 

Will  win  a  wand'ring  world  to  God, 
Then  let  us,  thro'  our  tears  that  blur, 

Erace  that  sentence,  "Ichabod!" 

We  then  would  learn  your  grip  and  sign, 
And  how  to  ride  your  carnal  goats. 

Instruct   us  how,   in   superfine, 

To  pull  from  eyes  the  irking  motes. 

How  may  we  lisp  your  "mote  it  be," 

And  wear  your  clap-trap  at  the  grave? 

If  this  is  how  to  set  men  free, 

We  want  to  know  its  power  to  save. 

But,  oh!  if  this  should  fail,  what  then? 

Couldst  stem  this  anxious  query,  pray? 
Is  grace  found  in  your  "secret"  den? 

Do  you  proclaim,  This  is  the  way? 

Oh,  let  the  mighty  breath  of  God 

Blow  o'er  this  false,  misleading  thing. 

The  doors  that  bear  God's  "Ichabod!" 
Today  on  worldly  hinges  swing. 

No!  take  your  twaddle  from  our  sight. 

If  you  would  walk  that  way,  you  nuiy. 
The  good,  old  Book  will  lead  us  right — 

Praise  God,  we  choose  the  narrow  way. 

No  human  "links"  can  bind  our  hearts 

Into  a  loving,  perfect  whole. 
The  "square-and-compass"  carnal  arts 

Can  never  satisfy  the  soul. 

Which  shall  it  be?  the  lodge,  my  friend? 

Or  will  you  choose  the  narrow  way? 
Remember,  when  you  reach  the  end, 

There  is  an  awful  Judgment  Day. 


CHAPTER  VII 
UNITARIANIZED  SCHOOLS 

Dr.  L.  W.  Munhall,  M.  A.,  D.  D.,  in  his  new  book, 
"Breakers  Ahead,"  gives  a  glimpse  of  the  spiritual 
condition  of  Methodist  schools,  and  tells  us  what  is 
going  on  in  them.  Coming  from  a  man  with  such  a 
noted  reputation  in  the  M.  E.  Church,  Dr.  Munhall 
speaks  with  an  authority  that  cannot  be  questioned. 

He  says:  "Our  fathers,  with  full  knowledge  of  the 
perils  to  the  faith  of  the  young  in  the  schools  of  their 
time,  gave  heroically  of  their  means  to  establish  and 
support  schools  in  which  should  be  taught  nothing 
contrary  to  the  Word  of  God  or  the  doctrines  of  the 
church,  that  our  young  people  might  become  and  re- 
main  good  Methodists. 

"At  the  present  time  most  of  these  schools  are  as 
secular  as  the  state  schools;  and  save  in  name,  no 
more  Methodistic.  They  have  entered  into  competi- 
tion with  the  schools  of  the  state.  The  authorities  be- 
lieve themselves  justified  in  employing  unmethodistic, 
unchristian  and  even  infidel  instructors,  providing 
they  are  experts  according  to  the  methods  of  the  sec- 
ular schools. 

"In  them  the  Bible  is  freely  criticised,  its  authority 
challenged,  its  infallibility  and  trustworthiness  denied, 
and  the  doctrine  of  Methodism  and  the  historic  faith 


UNITARIANIZED  SCHOOLS 

discredited.  Naturalism,  skepticism,  agnosticism,  in- 
fidelism  and  worldliness  have  largely  taken  the  place 
of  the  one-time  spiritual  and  religious  life  of  these 
schools,  and  the  faith  of  our  youth  has  been  and  is 
being  wrecked." 

Dr.  Muiihall  is  not  alone  in  his  criticism  of  the  de- 
nominational schools  of  our  day.  The  Harpers  Week- 
ly recently  published  an  article,  telling  how  the  Chi- 
cago Baptists  refused  to  turn  down  Professor  Foster 
who  repudiated  the  authority  of  the  Scriptures  and 
denied  the  deity  of  Jesus  Christ.  This  magazine  also 
told  us  that  the  Presbyterians  of  New  York  admitted 
to  their  pulpit  young  Mr.  Black,  of  Edinburgh,  who 
accepts  the  story  of  Adam  and  Eve  only  as  a  figure, 
and  not  in  the  literal  sense;  who  acknowledges  the 
deity  of  Christ,  but  not  the  Virgin  birth,  and  does  not 
believe  in  the  resurrection  of  the  body.  These  two 
men  are  Unitarian  in  faith,  and  yet  these  churches  re- 
ceive them  with  open  arms.  Is  it  any  wonder  that  pul- 
pits and  schools  of  the  nominal  churches  are  wrecked 
in  Bible  faith  when  they  sit  under  such  infidel  teach- 
ing? 

A  short  time  ago  we  read  a  letter  from  a  young 
University  graduate  who  had  managed  to  pass  through 
one  of  these  schools  (how  rare!)  and  had  come  out 
without  having  had  his  faith  wrecked.  He  sounds  out 
a  warning  to  parents  who  are  thinking  of  sending 
their  children  to  such  institutions  of  learning.  If  par- 
ents who  read  this  will  heed  the  warning  he  gives, 
they  will  save  themselves  a  thousand  heartaches  in 
later  years,  and  their  children  from  an  almost  certain 
hell. 

He  says:  "Parents  who  send  their  sons  and  daugh- 
ters into  this  atmosphere  and  receive  them  back  poi- 

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soned  at  the  heartstrings  of  their  spiritual  experience 
are  responsible  for  the  tragedy  in  the  lives  of  their 
children.  The  most  important  thing  for  them  to  know 
about  the  college  or  school  to  which  their  child  is  go- 
ing is  not  the  standing  of  its  football  team,  the  wealth 
of  its  equipment,  or  the  standing  of  its  professors; 
but — What  is  its  relation  to  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ? 
What  will  be  its  spiritual  influence?  Not  that  the 
question  of  a  high  standing  in  the  sciences  is  not  im- 
portant, but  that  should  be  made  secondary  to  the 
other  question." 

This  a  solemn  warning  to  parents.  Let  us  hope 
that  all  who  read  these  lines  may  heed  it.  The  un- 
heeded warning  means  it  will  be  too  late  to  save  your 
children  from  a  wrecked  faith  and  the  loss  of  heaven. 
Better  shed  your  tears  now  as  you  pray  for  leadings 
where  to  send  your  sons  and  daughters  to  school. 
Their  souls  are  of  far  more  value  than  the  high  rating 
of  an  institution  that  insidiously  undermines  a  faith 
you  taught  them  at  your  knee.  We  are  living  in  a  day 
when  mother's  lullaby,  the  cradle-croon  and  the  "now- 
I-lay-me"  lisped  at  her  knee  is  branded  backwoodsy. 
At  any  cost,  keep  your  children  out  of  the  hau'k's 
roosts  of  our  fallen  denominations. 

Another  case  is  that  of  a  young  woman  who  wrote 
the  following  letter  to  her  cousin:  "I  came  here 
through  the  influence  of  my  pastor.  He  supposed,  of 
course,  that  I  should  receive  a  fine  orthodox  training. 
Imagine  my  horror  and  that  of  my  parents  when  I 
found  that  modern  theology  was  strongly  taught  here. 
You  probably  know  what  this  Modernism  is,  but  I 
knew  nothing  about  it  until  I  came.  I  surely  believe 
I  was  led  here  to  see  the  magnitude  of  this  present- 
day  apostasy. 

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''Oh,  John,  it  is  awful!  the  Virgin  birth,  the  blood 
of  atonement  and  the  bodily  resurrection  are  denied. 
Verbal  inspiration  and  the  second  coming  are  scoffed 
at.  The  miracles  are  denied.  These  modernists  also 
say  that  hell  and  a  personal  devil  are  a  myth;  that 
heaven  is  not  a  place,  but  a  state.  In  the  midst  of 
such  teaching  it  has  been  a  fight  to  stand  firm.  I 
thank  God  I  feel  my  faith  is  stronger  now  than  when 
I  came  in  September." 

She  closes  her  letter  by  saying  that  she  expects  to 
go  to  a  holiness  school  next  year,  where  she  may  have 
an  orthodox  training.  She  is  willing  to  work  or  do 
anything  rather  than  to  go  back  to  that  school  where 
she  fears  she  might  not  stand  true  and  thus  eventually 
lose  her  faith  in  Christ. 

We  mention  one  more  case.  It  is  that  of  a  young 
man  whose  letter  was  published  in  the  Pentecostal 
Herald  some  time  ago.  In  great  distress  of  mind  he 
wrote  how  several  of  the  theological  professors  in  the 
school  he  attended  seem  to  have  but  one  supreme  pur- 
pose, and  that  is  to  destroy  the  faith  of  the  young 
ministers  in  the  authenticity  of  the  Holy  Scriptures. 

Dr.  Morrison,  in  mentioning  this  young  man,  writes : 
"His  soul  is  being  sorely  tried.  The  atmosphere  in 
which  he  lives  is  so  unhealthy  for  spiritual  develop- 
ment. He  longs  to  find  a  place  where  reverence  for 
the  Holy  Scriptures,  vital  faith  in  and  true  worship 
of  Jesus  Christ  may  strengthen  his  spiritual  life.'* 

Dr.  Morrison  adds :  "If  I  were  so  inclined  I  could 
reveal  some  startling  conditions  of  immorality  and 
evil  council  in  schools  that  not  only  mean  the  destruc- 
tion of  the  faith  but  the  utter  break-down  of  morals. 
The  young  men  in  the  universities  of  this  nation  are 
not  brought  into  high  regard  for  virtue  and  woman- 

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hood,  or  into  a  tender  state  of  conscience  with  refer- 
ence to  their  own  conduct  by  being  taught  that  our 
ancestors  were  apes.  In  all  probability  we  shall  in  no 
way  be  held  responsible  for  the  gratification  of  the 
animal  apetites." 

A  whole  volume  might  be  written  giving  the  sad 
heart-story  of  students  who  were  deceived  in  the  apos- 
tate and  Unitarianized  schools  of  our  land.  Many 
will  never  be  the  same  for  having  been  there.  Many 
have  lost  their  faith  in  the  deity  of  Christ  and  in  the 
inspired  teachings  of  God's  holy  Word. 

How  thankful  we  are  to  God  that  we  sent  our  own 
precious  daughter  to  holiness  universities  where  her 
faith  was  preserved  and  her  Christian  character  de- 
veloped. As  a  result  she  is  now  my  helper  in  song  in 
our  work  of  evangelism.  There  are  thousands  of  par- 
ents with  bleeding  hearts  who  are  now  sorry,  but  too 
late,  that  they  did  not  send  their  children  to  a  holiness 
school.  If  sending  your  children  to  such  faith-wreck- 
ing, soul-damning  universities  and  schools  is  not  the 
climax  of  ruin,  what  is  ?  They  return  to  you  Unitarian 
in  faith  and  may  be  damned  forever.  If  all  this  is  not 
hatching  chickens  for  the  hau'ks,  please  tell  me  what  is  ? 

THE  HAWK'S  ROOST 
F.  M.  Lehman. 

The  Hawk  is  poised  to  catch  your  child — 

Oh,  guard  it,  guard  it  well! 
Its  roost  is  where  faith  is  defiled, 

Upon  the  rim  of  hell. 

Insidiously  it  strikes,  and  slays, 

The  unsuspecting  youth. 
It  plans  defeat,  in  all  its  ways, 

Of  fundamental  truth. 


Its  roost  is  some  cathedral  tall, 

Where  churchlings  mouth  their  doubt; 
Or,  where  scholastic  insults  fall 
Upon  all  things  devout. 

It  overspreads,  with  stealthy  wing, 

The   noblest  and  the  best. 
A  murdered  faith  it  seeks  to  bring 

Into  its  filthy  nest. 

Its  roosts  is  cluttered  all  around 

With  faiths  that  once  were  clear; 

And  souls  that  once  were  strong  and  sound 
Have  all  been  murdered  here. 

Oh,  shun  the   Hawk's  Roost  by  the  way; 

Cling  to  your  safe  retreat. 
Make  war  against  it,  now — today, 

Lie  low  at  Jesus'  feet. 

Cling  to  your  refuge  God  has  made — 

Hide  in  the  clefted  Rock. 
Cling  to  your  faith;  be  not  afraid — 

Let  skeptics  jeer  and   mock. 

Christ  ivas  divine,  of  Virgin  birth; 

His    blood  has  pow'r  to  save. 
And — when  He  comes  again  to  earth 

We'll  dance  above  our  grave. 

There  is  a  heav'n,  a  hell  to  shun, 

And  each  one  is  a  place. 
'Tis  true  that  God  excluded  none 

In  His  redeeming  grace. 

Then  shun  the  Hawk's  Roost   on  the  hill — 

The  nesting  place  of  fools; 
Walk  in  the  light  of  God's  sweet  will, 

Where  flourish  holy  schools. 


CHAPTER  VIII 
INFIDEL  LITERATURE 

The  teaching  of  Higher  Criticism  is  infidel  in  char- 
acter. It  is  a  direct  blow  to  the  inspiration  of  the 
Holy  Scriptures.  It  denies  the  miraculous  narratives 
of  the  Bible  and  attempts  to  prove  the  same  through 
natural  means. 

Very  recently  one  of  the  popular  preachers  of  New 
York  read  a  paper  to  a  company  of  clergymen.  He 
ridiculed  the  story  of  the  creation  of  man  as  described 
in  the  book  of  Genesis.  He  denied  that  there  was 
ever  a  flood  and  the  account  of  Lot's  exit  from  Sodom. 
Naaman  was  never  healed  by  going  down  into  the 
muddy  Jordan,  and  Jonah  was  not  swallowed  by  a 
whale.  He  denied  the  truth  of  Moses  lifting  up  the 
serpent  in  the  wilderness.  The  daily  paper  that  pub- 
lished his  infidel  statements,  said:  "The  young  preach- 
ers not  long  out  of  college  threw  up  their  hats  and 
shouted  for  joy,  but  the  old  men  whose  eyes  had 
grown  dim  from  studying  the  Word  of  God,  sat  in 
silence  as  the  tears  ran  down  their  cheeks." 

How  much  different  the  teachings  of  Christ  than 
that  of  this  deceived  Higher  Critic.  Jesus  Christ  Him- 
self put  His  seal  to  the  things  this  man  denounced, 
and  said  that  they  were  true.  Speaking  of  the  crea- 


INFIDEL  LITERATURE 

tion  of  man,  He  said:  "Have  ye  not  read,  that  he 
which  made  them  at  the  beginning  made  them  male 
and  female?" — Matt.  19:4-.  Jesus  tells  us  that  the 
flood  did  come:  "But  as  the  days  of  Noah  were,  so  shall 
also  the  coming  of  the  Son  of  man  be.  For  as  in  the 
days  that  were  before  the  flood  they  were  eating  and 
drinking,  marrying  and  giving  in  marriage,  until  the 
day  that  Noah  entered  into  the  ark,  and  knew  not  until 
the  flood  came,  and  took  them  all  away" — Matt.  24: 
37,  38. 

Jesus  refers  to  Lot's  exit  from  Sodom  like  this : 
"But  the  same  day  that  Lot  ivent  out  of  Sodom  it 
rained  fire  and  brimstone  from  heaven,  and  destroyed 
them  all" — Luke  17  :29.  He  puts  His  seal  to  the  heal- 
ing of  Naaman  by  saying:  "And  many  lepers  were  in 
Israel  in  the  time  of  Eliseus  the  prophet;  and  none  of 
them  was  cleansed,  saving  Naaman  the  Syrian' — 
Luke  4:27.  In  referring  to  Jonah,  we  read:  "For  as 
Jonas  was  three  days  and  three  nights  in  the  whale's 
belly ;  so  shall  the  Son  of  man  be  three  days  and  three 
nights  in  the  heart  of  the  earth" — Matt.  12:40.  Con- 
cerning the  lifting  up  of  the  serpent  in  the  wilderness, 
Jesus  said  to  Nicodemus :  "And  as  Moses  lifted  up  the 
serpent  in  the  wilderness,  even  so  must  the  Son  of  man 
be  lifted  up:  that  whosoever  believeth  in  Him  should 
not  perish,  but  have  eternal  life" — John  3:14,15. 
(Italics  ours). 

These  miraculous  events,  denounced  by  this  Higher 
Critic  and  that  so  pleased  the  young  preachers  who 
listened  to  his  infidel  paper,  Jesus  Christ  declared 
were  true.  Shall  we  believe  preachers  who  are  taint- 
ed with  infidelity  and  who  are  doing  their  best  to  un- 
dermine the  Word  of  God?  or,  shall  we  cling  to  the 

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old  Book  and  believe  the  record  as  God  gave  it  ?  Let 
God  be  true,  but  every  man  a  liar." 

It  is  this  kind  of  false  teaching,  published  in  book.s, 
magazines,  and  circulated  widely  throughout  church 
and  state  that  undermines  the  faith  of  the  multitude 
in  the  inspiration  of  the  Holy  Scriptures.  It  is  this 
blattant  teaching  that  leads  men  to  doubt  the  divinity 
of  Jesus  Christ. 

One  of  the  latest  additions  for  sale  at  the  Metho- 
dist Book  Concern  is  a  book  published  by  George 
Prescott  Mains,  D.  D.,  who  is  their  agent.  In  this 
book  he  denies  the  authenticity  of  the  Pentateuch,  and 
makes  other  statements  that  border  very  closely  on 
infidelity.  The  book  was  sverely  criticised  by  certain 
members  of  the  conference,  but  his  only  answer  was: 
"It  was  written  in  harmony  with  the  teaching  of 
Methodist  schools,  and  five  of  their  bishops  approved 
of  it." 

Not  only  on  the  shelves  of  the  Methodist  Book  Con- 
cern can  books  of  an  infidel  nature  be  found.  These 
abound  in  other  denominations  as  well.  Is  it  any  won- 
der that  the  authenticity  of  the  Scriptures  is  question- 
ed when  the  minds  of  both  old  and  young  are  being 
filled  with  infidelity  by  the  reading  of  this  poisonous 
literature  ?  • 

The  same  kind  of  teaching  has  worked  its  way  into 
our  Sunday  School  literature.  In  these  sheets  have 
been  found  the  insidious  denials  of  the  regenerating 
work  of  the  Holy  Spirit — most  damning  because  warp- 
ed and  woofed  into  the  plastic  mind  of  the  youth. 

One  editor  was  bold  enough  to  say:  "All  children 
born  into  this  world  are  born  children  of  God  and 
have  no  need  of  the  new  birth."  With  such  teaching 
as  this  in  circulation  it  will  be  a  miracle  if  the  children 

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who  imbibe  it  are  ever  brought  to  the  place  where  they 
will  see  their  need  of  being  saved  from  sin.  They  are 
graduated  from  the  Sunday  School  into  the  church 
without  Christ.  This  is  one  reason  why  the  nominal 
churches  are  full  of  unregenerates.  This  is  why  it  is 
hard  to  undeceive  mere  church  members.  This  is  why 
it  is  so  hard  to  make  them  see  that  they  can  not  enter 
the  kingdom  of  God  unless  they  have  been  born  again. 

It  is  dangerous  for  parents  to  send  their  children  to 
Sunday  Schools  where  they  imbibe  false  teaching.  It 
is  compromise  for  God's  people  to  stand  by  a  denomi- 
nation that  sanctions  the  sale  and  distribution  of  such 
books  as  we  have  mentioned — even  though  these  per- 
nicious epistles  have  the  sanction  of  the  bishops  and 
leaders  of  the  church.  God  will  surely  hold  you  re- 
sponsible in  the  day  of  Judgment  for  not  crying  aloud, 
and  for  sparing  these  wolves  in  sheep's  clothing.  God 
demands  that  you  lift  up  your  voice  against  such 
teachers  and  such  teaching. 

Nor  can  you  pay  your  money  into  such  denomina- 
tions and  escape  becoming  a  party  to  their  infidelity. 
How  strange  that  so  many  will  not  heed  the  warning ! 
They  keep  their  children  in  such  Sunday  Schools  until 
their  faith  has  been  hopelessly  wrecked.  They  them- 
selves will  remain  until  they  have  lost  every  vestige  of 
spirituality.  When  Jesus  comes  they  will  find  them- 
selves without  the  needed  supply  of  oil  in  their  lamps ; 
they  will  be  barred  from  God's  presence  for  ever. 
They  are  in  the  business  of  hatching  chickens  for  the 
hawks. 


CHAFF  OR  WHEAT? 
F.  M.  Lehman 

The  skeptic  boldly  vaunts  his  "if"  and  "but," 

Upon  the  which  God's  galling  curse  must  rest; 

But  oh,  what  double  harm  is  in  the  printed  smut 
That  slyly  murders  faith  in  human  breast ! 

The  spoken  doubt  may  be  forgotten,  friend, 

But  what  is  read  is  burned  upon  the  brain. 

Too  late  for  soul  lament  when  comes  the  end; 
Regrets  for  what  you  read  will  be  in  vain. 

The  skeptic's  scoff  upon  the  printed  pnge 

Will  still  do  harm  when  ho  lies  in  his  jrr 

An  error  will  not  lose  its  strength  by  age; 
It  holds  its  pow'r  the  purest   to  enslave. 

Then  guard  the  plastic  mind  of  children  \\vll. 
And  do  not  let  them  read  the  skeptic's  p.-i 

Know,  if  you  do,  'twill  mean  eternal  hell, 

And  that  would  be  an  all  too  I  ijre. 

So,  do  not  lend  your  influence  and  means 

To  bring  about  your  children's  soul  defeat. 

Denounce  what  even  toward  the  doubt-ful  leans; 

Throw  out  the  chaff,  for  you  must  have  the  wheat. 

If  ev'ry  preacher  brands  the  Bible  wrontr, 

And  ev'ry  bishop  seals  the  skeptic's  creed; 

Believe  the  Book,  and  give  your  faith   full  song; 

'Tis  faith  in  God,  not  doubt,  this  poor  world's  need. 


CHAPTER  IX 
AN  UNPROFITABLE  BUSINESS 

Hatching  Chickens  for  the  Hawks  is  very  unprofit- 
able business.  It  is  all  loss  and  no  gain.  My  friend, 
to  give  your  strength,  your  money  and  your  work  to 
build  up  denominations  that  have  locked  arms  with 
the  world,  is  unprofitable.  Why  affiliate  with  a  de- 
nomination that  seeks  to  entertain  its  members,  in- 
stead of  getting  them  saved  and  kept  from  sin  ?  What 
a  crowning  folly ! 

Why  engage  in  the  unprofitable  business  of  sup- 
porting preachers  who  fight  the  truth  of  holiness? 
They  do  not  preach  it,  but  instead  busy  themselves 
with  the  topics  of  the  day.  They  do  not  preach  the 
Gospel  of  Christ.  They  never  have  souls  seeking  de- 
liverance from  sin.  Their  altars  are  ever  barren. 
They  compromise  with  the  world,  belong  to  secret  so- 
cieties, and  use  their  influence  to  turn  the  house  of 
God  into  a  social  club.  They  are  interested  in  enter- 
tainments while  souls  for  whom  Jesus  died  are  dying 
by  the  thousands  without  hope  and  without  God. 
These  poor  lost  ones  cry,  "No  man  careth  for  my 
soul !"  The  condition  is  deplorable. 

Preachers  who  have  no  burden  for  the  lost  are  busy 
increasing  their  membership  by  receiving  all  who  ap- 
ply, regardless  of  whether  they  are  saved  or  lost.  It 


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makes  no  difference  to  them  how  worldly  the  appli- 
cants are.  The  yearly  report  must  show  an  increase 
in  membership.  If  the  church  board  is  pleased,  if  the 
district  superintendent's  commendation  may  be  had, 
and  if  the  applause  of  the  annual  conference  falls 
pleasantly  upon  carnal  ears,  that  is  the  objective.  To- 
day the  question  is  not,  How  many  souls  were  saved 
and  sanctified  but,  How  large  was  the  increase  in 
membership  ?  How  many  "drives"  have  you  had  and. 
How  many  shekels  can  you  deposit  in  our  Centenary 
coffers?  Along  these  lines  the  increase  must  be  large. 

Union  services,  with  popular  evangelists,  where  a 
shake  of  the  hand  and  the  signing  of  a  card  are  substi- 
tuted for  real  repentance  and  the  new  birth,  are  the 
order.  The  card-signers  are  then  rushed  into  the 
church  as  soon  as  possible,  and  the  boasted  increase 
bulletined;  that  so-and-so  is  a  "very  successful  pa- 
ter." This  is  the  reason  the  denominations  are  filled 
with  men  and  women  who  have  never  been  saved.  Can 
you  not  see  how  unprofitable  it  is  for  you  to  remain  in 
such  churches  ?  Can  you  not  see  that  you  are  wasting 
your  time  trying  to  reform  the  apostate  denominations 
of  our  day,  when  conditions  are  such  that  reforma- 
tion is  utterly  impossible  ? 

Dr.  Godbey  says:  "So  you  see  that  church  organi- 
zations, like  everything  else  in  the  world,  lose  their 
efficiency,  wear  out,  pass  under  the  interdict  of  the 
Holy  Ghost,  who  lays  them  aside,  at  the  same  time 
calling  His  people  out  of  them.  What  a  pity  so  many 
like  rats,  stay  with  the  old  condemned,  unseaworthy 
bark !  Oh,  the  infinite  importance  that  we  all  march 
to  the  music  of  heaven,  keeping  constantly  in  line  with 
the  Holy  Ghost !  If  we  will  be  true  to  Him,  His  Word, 
and  His  providence,  we  will  never  get  left  by  Zion's 

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soldiers  marching  to  glory.  We  must  have  courage 
to  walk  in  the  light  God  gives.  We  must  leave  the  un- 
seaworthy  and  dangerous  vessel,  embark  on  a  new, 
vigorous  and  seaworthy  ship  of  Zion's  glorious  line." 

Do  not  let  the  devil  intimidate  you  through  fear  of 
disloyalty  to  your  church  and  thereby  induce  you  to 
sail  on  a  vessel  that  has  not  passed  the  inspection  and 
received  the  approval  of  Heaven's  Admiralty  Board, 
the  glorious  infallible  Trinity.  You  would  better  se- 
cure the  indorsement  that  your  vessel  is  safe  and  sea- 
worthy. Take  warning.  Many  crafts  are  going  down 
in  the  worldly  shallows  on  all  sides. 

Today  carnal  preachers  work  their  cards  to  keep 
Christian  men  and  women  in  their  dead  church  by 
saying,  "If  you  think  the  church  is  so  bad  you  should 
stay  in  it  and  let  your  light  shine  and  thus  help  to 
make  it  more  spiritual."  Thousands  have  listened  to 
this  and  settled  back  into  the  refrigerator  conditions, 
soon  to  die  under  the  frosts  of  cold  formality  and 
worldliness. 

There  is  no  possibility  of  reforming  an  apostate  de- 
nomination. It  never  has  been  done  and  never  will  be. 
Bud  Robinson,  the  noted  evangelist,  once  said  in 
speaking  of  the  backslidden  condition  of  the  nominal 
churches  and  the  hopelessness  of  reforming  them: 
"The  tree  is  dying  at  the  top.  When  a  tree  dies  at  the 
top  you  might  put  a  wagon-load  of  fertilizer  around 
it,  run  an  irrigation  ditch  near  it  and  run  fresh  water 
by  it  every  week,  but  you  will  never  be  able  to  restore 
life  to  the  top  of  that  tree.  Each  year  the  tre  will  die 
a  little  nearer  the  ground.  Finally  the  top  limbs  will 
begin  to  fall  to  the  ground,  the  bottom  limbs  will  cease 
bearing  fruit,  and  then  the  tree  is  dead." 

It  is  a  waste  of  time  and  money  to  attempt  a  re- 

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formation  of  such  denominations.  It  means  spiritual 
suicide.  A  spiritual  man  must  have  a  spiritual  atmos- 
phere to  live  in  or  he  will  die;  perhaps  slowly,  yet 
surely.  We  have  heard  it  said  that  "the  holiness  peo- 
ple should  not  organize  churches  in  places  where  there 
are  a  number  of  other  churches."  We  would  say,  how- 
ever, that  there  is  room  for  a  holiness  church  in  any 
city  or  town  where  holiness  is  not  preached  by  the 
churches  that  are  there. 

It  is  our  business  to  bring  the  light  of  holiness  to  the 
people.  There  are  multitudes  in  all  the  large  denomi- 
nations who  do  not  hear  the  doctrine  of  holim-ss 
preached.  They  are  as  ignorant  of  the  second  definite 
work  of  grace  as  were  the  disciples  at  Ephesus  when 
the  apostle  Paul  asked  the  question:  "Have  ye  receiv- 
ed the  Holy  Ghost  since  ye  believed?"  Their  answer 
was,  "We  have  not  so  much  as  heard  whether  there 
be  any  Holy  Ghost."  Because  of  this  existing  ignor- 
ance, it  has  become  our  business  to  bring  this  truth 
to  those  who  would,  if  they  knew,  receive  the  Holy 
Ghost.  They  must  have  a  full  Gospel. 

THE  APOSTASY 
F.  M.  Lehman 

Apostasy   lies   well    intrenched 

Behind  its  churchly  creed; 
It  proselytes  and  blights  and  damns, 

And  proudly  boasts  its  deeds. 

So  subtle  are  its  fell  designs 

Upon  the  human  heart, 
That  thousands,  unsuspectingly, 

Yield  to  its  magic  art. 

'Tis  only  those  who  know  their  God, 

Its  subtle   snare   avoid; 
'Tis  these  who  warn,  and  pray,  exhort, 

Lest  others  be  decoved. 


No  reformation  does  it  seek — 

It   deals  in  substitutes; 
It  thrives  on  sales  of  rummage  raps, 

Old  shoes  and  rubber   boots. 

It  has  refrigerators  built 

In  pulpits  and  in  pews; 
It  deals  in  ice  and  frigid  things 

In  all  its  kitchen  brews. 

It  nauseates  on  things  divine; 

It  dotes  on  ice  and  snow; 
Its  church  thermometer  informs 

It  's  sixty-five  below. 

Avoid  this  frigid,  deadly  thing 

Of  substitutes   and  shams; 
Nor  food  nor  warmth  it  offers  you; 

It  only  blights  and  damns. 

Expend  your  strength  and  time  and  means 

For  holiness  and  God; 
Walk  in  the  light  and  you  shall  know 

The  path   your  fathers  trod. 


CHAPTER  X 
BROODER  OR  REFRIGERATOR 

We  are  in  a  church  alive  with  holiness.  The  Holy 
Ghost  has  come.  The  worldly  members  have  been 
saved,  the  altars  have  been  full  again  and  again,  and 
the  tide  runs  high.  A  class  of  fifty  or  one  hundred 
is  "taken  in,"  the  preacher  has  a  genuine,  unpadded 
report  for  his  conference,  the  people  are  spiritually 
hilarious,  and  give  that  way. 

The  oyster  stews  have  lost  their  relish,  the  socials 
have  assumed  disgusting  proportions,  the  Thursday 
afternoon  card-parties  have  been  replaced  by  fire- 
filled  centers  of  prayer  where  souls  pray  through,  and 
the  glory  is  down.  The  evangelist  went  away  with 
God's  smile  upon  his  work  and  in  his  pockets  an  of- 
fering to  make  glad  the  hearts  of  the  home-folks  who 
staid  by  the  stuff.  The  preacher's  salary  is  voluntari- 
ly increased,  the  district  superintendent  left  musing, 
with  his  quarterage  enlarged  by  several  ten-spots,  the 
appropriations  are  all  full  plus,  and  the  community 
has  been  changed  from  sin  to  righteousness.  Did  ever 
angels  rejoice  over  a  happier  scene? 

What  happens? 

This.  The  next  year  the  powers  that  be  send  to 
this  heaven-blest  place  a  holiness-opposing  preacher. 
The  brooder  (red-hot  prayer  meeting)  is  relegated  to 


BROODER  OR  REFRIGERATOR 

the  scrap-heap,  Arctic  yodlers  are  brought  into  the 
choir,  holiness  testimonies  are  at  first  frowned  on, 
then  shot  through  with  shafts  of  sarcasm,  then  de- 
nounced, and  finally  forbidden. 

The  holy,  genial  warmth  has  changed  to  Alaskan 
frigidity.  The  young  people  become  listless,  dis- 
couraged, and  soon  die  the  designed  spiritual  death. 
The  older  members  "stick  to  the  church,"  only  to  rea- 
lize, perhaps,  that  from  them  also  the  glory  has  de- 
parted. The  heat  and  stir  of  holy  activity  are  gone. 
In  its  stead  comes  the  stew-kettle,  the  kitchen,  enter- 
tainment, ennui,  and  death. 

The  converts  (chickens  hatched)  born  under  scrip- 
tural methods  and  kept  alive  by  the  only  known 
means,  the  prayer  meeting  and  free-and-easy  testi- 
mony meetings  (the  brooder),  are  robbed  of  their  legi- 
mate  protection  (exposed  to  the  hawks)  by  a  return 
to  the  worldly  methods  that  mean  death.  Is  the  pic- 
ture true?  It  is.  We  have  seen  this  happen  just  so 
again  and  again. 

"Stay  in  your  churches!"  Why?  To  repeat  the 
tragedy?  To  abet  soul-murder?  Has  common  sense 
lost  its  mooring?  Are  we  bewitched,  to  lend  aid  to 
this  thing?  Are  we  to  murder  our  intelligence  for  the 
sake  of  a  denominational  sop  ?  Have  we  lost  all  re- 
gard for  God's  way  of  doing  things?  Shall  we  ape 
the  apostasy,  see  our  children  ruined  in  this  world 
and  the  next — without  a  protest  ?  No  !  We  turn  away 
from  this  modern  twaddle  to  things  that  make  for  sal- 
vation of  Bible  warp  and  woof.  We  mean  to  enter 
town  and  city  and  there  plant  the  banner  of  holiness. 
Under  this  unfurled  flag  of  freedom  we  fight,  we 
stand,  we  win,  we  die. 

It  shall  be  our  business  to  conduct  revivals  and  or- 

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ganize  holiness  churches  where  God's  people  may  be 
kept  alive  and  aggressive.  It  shall  be  our  business  to 
pull  cooled-off  souls  out  of  the  refrigerators,  souls 
that  have  lost  their  power  with  God  and  man,  see 
them  pray  through  at  our  altars,  and  thus  perpetuate 
holiness. 

In  these  days  of  test  and  trial  of  every  kind,  God's 
people  need  all  the  spiritual  help  they  can  get.  They 
need  to  be  encouraged  by  the  preaching  of  a  full  Gos- 
pel, instead  of  being  told  to  listen  to  literary  sermons 
or  cold,  philosophical  disquisitions  of  the  Word  of 
God.  They  need  the  help  derived  from  meetings  that 
are  not  dead,  formal,  and  cold.  They  need  to  be 
taught  how  to  work  for  Christ  and  to  know  that  if 
they  win  souls  they  can  invite  them  to  come  into  the 
spiritual  brooder  where  these  may  thrive,  and  not  die. 
They  must  be  taught  that  a  refrigerator  is  a  danger- 
ous thing  for  young  chickens.  A  brooder  is  the  prop- 
er place  in  which  to  keep  young  chickens  alivi-. 
refrigerator  is  good  only  for  dead  things. 

The  spiritual  condition  of  worldly  minded  profess- 
ors is  summed  up  by  Paul  as  follows:  "Having  a  form 
of  godliness,  but  denying  the  power  thereof:  from 
such  turn  away" — II  Tim.  3:5.  To  turn  away  from 
them  does  not  mean  to  stay  and  help  them  in  their  un- 
profitable business  of  hatching  chickens  for  the  hau  ks. 
To  turn  away  from  preachers  and  people  who  have 
the  form  of  godliness  and  who  love  pleasure  more 
than  they  love  God,  does  not  mean  to  remain  in  such 
churches  and  to  support  them.  It  does  mean  that  we 
shall  turn  away  from  them  and  affiliate  with  churches 
that  are  pushing  the  battle  straight  for  God  on  red- 
hot  holiness  lines. 

If  there  is  not  a  holiness  church  in  your  town   or 

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city,  send  for  a  holiness  evangelist.  Have  a  tent  meet- 
ing, or  start  a  meeting  in  your  home.  God  will  help 
you  soon  to  have  a  holiness  church  organized.  Others 
are  doing  it ;  why  not  you  ? 

Reader,  we  believe  that  God  will  help  you  to  con- 
sider carefully  and  prayerfully  the  question  of  your 
church  relationship.  When  you  face  the  facts  con- 
tained in  this  book — the  socials,  the  entertainments, 
the  buying  and  selling  in  the  house  of  God,  the  catch- 
penny schemes  to  raise  money  to  help  pay  the  bills  of 
the  church — you  will  see  that  all  these  things  are  in 
direct  opposition  to  the  teaching  of  God's  Word. 

A  holiness-fighting,  lodge-belonging,  pleasure-seek- 
ing, compromising  ministry;  faith-destroying,  soul- 
damning  Unitarianized  universities ;  infidel  teaching 
in  books  and  Sunday  School  quarterlies;  missionaries 
sent  out  and  supported  by  your  money  who  try  to  edu- 
cate the  heathen,  instead  of  working  that  they  may  be 
saved  from  sin — all  this  should  rouse  you  from  your 
hopeless  dreams  of  reformation.  It  will  never  come. 

Conditions  are  growing  worse  and  worse.  Thous- 
ands upon  thousands  are  starving  to  death.  They  do 
not  get  the  spiritual  food  they  need.  They  are  freez- 
ing to  death,  sitting  in  their  formal  services.  They  re- 
main members  for  fear  of  ostracism;  for  fear  of  be- 
ing accused  of  disloyalty  to  the  church. 

With  this  deplorable  condition  existing  in  the  apos- 
tate churches  of  our  day,  you  are  sure  to  wake  up, 
perhaps  when  it  is  too  late,  to  find  that  after  all  your 
service  rendered,  after  all  your  time  spent,  after  all 
the  money  you  have  given,  after  all  the  strength  you 
have  expended,  after  all  your  praying  and  weeping, 
hoping  and  expecting,  looking  for  a  reformation  in 

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your  church,  it  has  not  come.  It  will  dawn  on  you, 
too  late,  it  may  be,  that  for  all  these  years  you  have 
been  engaged  in  the  unprofitable  business  of  hatching 
chickens  for  the  hawks. 

THE  HEN-HOUSE  LATCHED 
F.  M.  Lehman. 

Keep  your  hen-house  closely  latched, 

For  the  chickens  lately  hatched, 

That  have  never,  never  scratched, 
Are  in  danger  of  the  hawks  that  hover  nigh. 

Keep  them  in  the  brooder  warm, 

Guard  them  from  the  cold  and  storm 

Till  they  gather  strength   and  form, 
Lest  they  chill  and  droop  and  languish  but  to  die. 

Feed  them  finest  of  the  wheat. 

Keep  them  from  the  chaff  and  cheat. 

Give  them  plenty  milk  and  meat. 
You  will  be  delighted  how  such  chickens  grow. 

Keep  the  rancho  sweet  and  clean. 

Mix  the  mash  with  bits  of  green. 

Twill  work  wonders,  this,  I  ween — 
You  will  soon  have  chickens  that  can  lay  and  crow. 

'Tis  important,  we  are  told, 

That  you  keep  them  from  the  cold, 

For  they  never  will  get  old, 
If  a  chill  wind  blows  across  a  sunny  June. 

Chickens  that  have  lost  their  head, 

Turkeys  that  are  cold  and  dead, 

(Be  they  white  or  black  or  red) 
In  an  ice-box  find  a  graveyard  very  soon. 

No  refrigerator,  please, 

And  no  chill  December  breeze, 

Nor  a  life  of  idle  ease, 
If  you  want  your  chickens  lively  all  the  year. 

Use  the  brooder;  keep  it  hot. 

Guard  against  the  chilly  spot, 

Keep  this  from  your  chicken-lot, 
And  you'll  have  an  ideal  rancho,  never  fear. 


All  who  read  this  truth   may  see 

In  this  homely  simile, 

How  the  youth  may  be  kept  free, 
How  the  church  may  guard  its  new-born  converts  well. 

For  we  know  that  everywhere 

Hawks  are  hanging  in  the  air, 

And  we  see  the  subtle  snare 
The  apostasy  has  set  that  leads  to  hell. 

Pews  and  pulpits,  cold  as  ice, 

Lives  of  ease,  no  sacrifice, 

Ev'ry  churchling  has  his  price, 
And  the  converts,  who  shall  shelter  from  the  blast? 

God,  we  thus  this  sham  deplore! — 

Church  of  God,  throw  wide  your  door! 

Till  our  converts  evermore 
Shall  be  safe  and  thus  make  heav'n  their  home  at  last. 


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Oaylord  Bros. 

Makers 

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